• anaemia (Commonwealth)
• anæmia (dated)

From Ancient Greek ἀναιμία (anaimía), from ἀν- (an-, “not”) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) +‎ -ia. By surface analysis, an- +‎ -emia.

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈnimi.ə/

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anemia (countable and uncountable, plural anemias or anemiae or anemiæ)

1. (American spelling, uncountable, pathology) A medical condition in which the capacity of the blood to transport oxygen to the tissues is reduced, either because of too few red blood cells, or because of too little hemoglobin, resulting in pallor and fatigue.
2. (countable, pathology) A disease or condition that has anemia as a symptom.

   Pernicious anemia and sickle-cell anemia are two anemias.

3. (obsolete) Ischemia. [19th–mid-20th c.]

• In modern medical terminology, the term anemia does not refer to ischemia. However, in medical literature from the 19th century through the mid-20th century, anemia was occasionally used to denote ischemia.

• → Swahili: anemia

• ischemia

• Amenia, amaine, menaia

anemia f (uncountable)

1. anemia (medical condition with decreased oxygen transport)

Borrowed from English anaemia

anemia m (uncountable)

1. anaemia

• “anemia” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

From anemio +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): /aneˈmia/

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• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: a‧ne‧mi‧a

anemia (accusative singular anemian, plural anemiaj, accusative plural anemiajn)

1. anemic (in literal and figurative senses)
   • (Can we date this quote?), Solomon Cins (translator), Kiel ŝtalo estis hardata (Как закалялась сталь / How the Steel was Tempered) by Nikolai Ostrovsky, Book 2, Chapter 9,

     Finiĝis vintro, printempo malfermis fenestrojn, kaj anemia Korĉagin, restinta viva post la lasta operacio, komprenis, ke plu resti en la kliniko li ne povas.

     Winter came to an end, spring opened windows, and the anemic Korchagin, having survived the last operation, understood that he could no longer remain at the clinic.

   • 2003 October 1, Maurice Lemoine, “Promesitaj teroj de Venezuelo”, in Vilhelmo Lutermano, transl., Le Monde Diplomatique:

     Sur etaj unuhektaraj parceloj, kampuloj plantas anemian maizon kaj vivas de la Sankta Spirito.

     On little one-hectare plots, peasants plant anemic maize and live by the Holy Spirit.

• “anemia”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN

Internationalism (see English anemia), ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀναιμία (anaimía).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑnemiɑ/, [ˈɑ̝ne̞ˌmiɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): a‧ne‧mi‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): ane‧mia

anemia

1. anemia

   pernisiöösi anemia ― pernicious anemia

• heikkoverisyys
• vähäverisyys

• “anemia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

• aamein, aamien, meinaa

From Dutch anemie, from New Latin anaemia, from Ancient Greek ἀναιμία (anaimía), from ἀν- (an-, “not”) +‎ αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) +‎ -ια (-ia).

• IPA^(key): [ˈanemia̯], [ˈanemi]
• Hyphenation: ané‧mia

anémia (plural anemia-anemia)

1. (hematology, pathology) anemia

• “anemia”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

anemia (plural anemias)

1. anemia

• anemic

• IPA^(key): /a.neˈmi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: a‧ne‧mì‧a

anemia f (plural anemie)

1. (pathology) anemia

• anemico

• emanai

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀναιμία (anaimía).^[1] By surface analysis, an- +‎ -emia. First attested in the 19th century.^[2]

• IPA^(key): /aˈnɛ.mja/

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• Rhymes: -ɛmja
• Syllabification: a‧ne‧mia

anemia f

1. (pathology, pathology) anemia

   Synonym: niedokrwistość

   ciężka/silna anemia ― severe anemia

   zapobiegać anemii ― to prevent anemia

   leczyć anemię ― to treat anemia

   zwalczać anemii ― to combat anemia

• anemia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• anemia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “anemja”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 36
• anemia in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

From Ancient Greek ἀναιμία (anaimía), from ἀν- (an-, “not”) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).

• Hyphenation: a‧ne‧mi‧a

anemia f (plural anemias)

1. (pathology) anemia (medical condition with decreased oxygen transport)

• anémico/anêmico

• “anemia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “anemia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from French anémier.

a anemia (third-person singular present anemiează, past participle anemiat) 1st conjugation

1. to make, or to become anemic

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀναιμία (anaimía).

• IPA^(key): /aˈnemja/ [aˈne.mja]
• Rhymes: -emja
• Syllabification: a‧ne‧mia

anemia f (plural anemias)

1. (pathology) anemia

• “anemia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Borrowed from English anemia.

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anemia class IX (plural anemia class X)

1. anemia

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